villa
noun
Simple meaning
Detached or semidetached suburban house.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
viluhSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈvɪlə
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
UK
Detached or semidetached suburban house
uk
A family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.
A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
Ancient Rome
A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Detached or semidetached suburban house
Used this way, villa is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use villa
- “They rented a beautiful villa with an ocean view for their summer vacation.”noun
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